Abstract

The purpose of this study is to empirically verify the effects of university students' future time perspective on occupational engagement, and to investigate the mediating effect of achievement goal orientation and the moderating effects of social support. The goal is to provide information so that university students can properly respond to the uncertain job market they will face by actively engaging in potential career paths, and help individuals develop their own capabilities. To verify the research problem, an online survey was conducted on junior and senior enrolled students in a four-year-course at a university in Seoul, and a total of 332 responses were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 programs. The findings of this study are as follows. First, it was found that university students' future time perspective did not directly affect occupational engagement. Second, both performance goal orientation and mastery goal orientation showed completely mediating effects in the relationship between university students' future time perspective and occupational engagement. Third, the moderating effect of social support was found on the mediating effect of performance goal orientation between future time perspective and occupational engagement of university students. Regarding the mediating effect of mastery goal orientation, there was no moderating effect of social support. This study is significant in that it confirmed both performance goal orientation and mastery goal orientation, which are mediators, showed completely mediating effects.

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call